Han’s Son is Not a Slave

The newly established four prefectures of Changsha, Changde, Yuezhou and Hengzhou in Hunan Province and the four prefectures in Wuchang, Hanyang, Huangzhou and De'an in Hubei Province were still occupied by the Qing army. [Mo language in the end of the world] Therefore, the division of Huguang and Guangxi is only a paper work, but whether it is Zhou Shixiang or Liu Tichun, they are full of confidence in the recovery of Huguang Province. Under the attack of the Thirteen Huang family for nearly a year, half of the main force of the Qing army in Huguang was wiped out, and the Wuchang side was even more in jeopardy. After the Tang King's State Supervision Ceremony was held, the Taiping Army will immediately start the northern expedition to the southern capital, and the Huguang side, Zhongzhenying and Yaohuang Thirteen will also join forces to capture Wuchang. It is foreseeable that in the near future, the two main battlefields of the Ming army will be near Nanjing and near Wuchang.

After Huguang and Guangxi were split into two provinces, Zhou Shi, the **** Pan Yinglong and the university scholar Hong Yuao, who came to negotiate together, clearly stated that Hubei province could be owned by Zhongzhenying and Yaohuang Thirteen, but Hunan province was All owned by the Taiping Army. Hubei Province can set up governors and three yamen, and the appointment of officials from top to bottom is self-determined by Zhongzhenying and Yaohuang Thirteen, and the appointed personnel are confirmed by the imperial court.

The price Zhou Shixiang paid for this proposal was to hand over Baojing Prefecture, which was actually controlled by the Taiping Army, to the Zhongzhen Camp. The local armed forces of more than 20,000 chieftains who surrendered to the Taiping Army were also taken over by the Hubei side. At the same time, Zhou Shixiang promised to send the Taiping Army to assist the Hubei side in the attack. Wuchang, Hanyang and other places. [Yunkai Jianchuan] In addition, the Ministry of Household allocates 30,000 soldiers to the Hubei front army every year. After the Zhongzhen Camp and the Thirteen Yaohuang Clan gained the whole province of Hubei, the Hubei side sent troops to conquer Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Taiping Army provided a certain amount of money, grain and ordnance support, and when necessary, they could send troops to fight together. At that time, it will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

These conditions are a step further than the previous agreement between Zhou Shixiang and Hubei. Whether it is political, military or money, Hubei has gained a lot. The fact that more than 20,000 chieftains in Xiangxi, who had surrendered to the Taiping Army, were transferred to Hubei to take over was what moved Liu Tichun and He Zhen the most. The two of them knew very well that the Zhongzhen Battalion had a hard time in Kuidong in the past few years. Almost half of the battalion veterans were lost in the two battles against Chongqing. Before the Taiping Army opened the Hubei gap to relieve them, most of the battalion's ordnance was broken. Many recruits can only face the enemy with a sharpened stick. Food is even more in short supply, adults are so hungry that their faces are yellow and hungry, and children are skinny and skinny. Just looking at each bone makes people cry.

After entering Hubei, the life of the Zhongzhen Camp became easier. In just a few months, the number of people snowballed from less than 30,000 to 120,000, and it captured more than seventy states and counties in five prefectures, but the military territory sounded like a There are many, but the old foundation that can fight within is still the previous 30,000 people. [Best Supporting Actress] Really want to meet the main force of the Qing army, such as the Qing army trapped in Yungui now, the loyalty camp is still no match. Therefore, Zhou Shixiang gave them the command of the more than 20,000 chieftains who had surrendered in western Hunan, which undoubtedly made them stronger in Hubei and straighter.

He Zhen initially proposed that 100,000 people should be allocated money and grain. Dong Changqing, who negotiated on behalf of Zhou Shixiang first, refused, and only agreed to allocate 15,000 people to give money and grain. Thousands of people. The other sergeants' money and food expenses shall be settled by Hubei itself.

Many generals and staff officers in the military commander's mansion did not agree to pay the loyalty camp, which was decided by Zhou Shixiang. Since Zhongzhenying and Yaohuang Thirteen Clan have supported the establishment of the Tang Dynasty to supervise the country, they are the army of the Tang Dynasty regime. Like the Taiping Army, they are the Ming army under the banner of the Tang Dynasty. Zhou Shixiang and Liu Tichun, Li Laiheng, He Zhen, Hao Yaoqi and the others were ministers in the same palace, so the court had no reason not to pay their own troops. If it is still the same as the previous Yongli, not a single penny will be given to the loyalty camp, then why does Zhou Shixiang need the loyalty camp to respond to the Tang Dynasty, and it is not better for them to fend for themselves.

Paying the army is the best way for the Tang Dynasty's regime to express its attitude towards the anti-Qing forces of the Loyalty Camp, or Zhou Shixiang's attitude. Only when the army is paid can the anti-Qing forces like the Zhongzhen Camp truly feel a sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty's regime, instead of being isolated and still seeing themselves as the rest of the Shun army. More importantly, although he could not actually control the Loyalty Camp, Zhou Shixiang could also indirectly exert a certain influence on the various divisions of the Loyalty Camp through the means of paying the army. Zhou Shixiang is not sure how much influence this has, but at least it will make the people in Zhongzhen Camp not feel bad about him. The name of the military salaries is issued by the imperial court, but who built the imperial court, and who paid the military salaries, there are no fools in the loyalty camp.

Guangdong's economy is very difficult, but no matter how difficult it is, Zhou Shixiang will not be like He Tengjiao and Yongli in those days. He only regarded the loyalty camp as a tool that could be used, and used it as a horse and horse. In any case, these men who persisted in resisting the Qing until the end were all worthy of respect and support from Zhou Shixiang. Moreover, he is about to lead the Northern Expedition to attack Jiangxi, and after the split of Huguang, they also need the loyalty camp to play a greater role. Even if they are only active in Hubei province, they can always contain some of the Qing court's energy, making Shunzhi unable to deal with the Taiping army.

The 30,000 soldiers set for the Hubei side were paid according to the standard of the regular soldiers of the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang. As for how to solve the financial pressure of Guangdong after these 30,000 more mouths, Zhou Shixiang put the solution on the people of Annan. Calculate the time~www.NovelMTL.com~ Zhao Ziqiang should also have news sent over.

Zhou Shixiang was benevolent and righteous, but Liu Tichun and He Zhen couldn't say anything, and they would feel that it was too much for them to ask any more. Wang Guangxing was active again, and the agreement was finally written but not reported to King Tang. After all, it was Zhou Shixiang and Liu Tichun who were handling this matter. The official position, site, money and grain involved had nothing to do with His Royal Highness King Tang. Even if Zhou Shixiang wanted to report the agreement to King Tang for review, Liu Tichun and the others refused.

Guo Zhiqi has no objection to the cooperation terms between Zhongzheng Camp and Zhou Shixiang, let alone accusing him. He is loyal to Daming, but he is more reasonable and knows the overall situation. He can help King Tang preside over the cabinet, stabilize the government, establish the authority of King Tang, and weaken Zhou Shi's influence on the court, but he will never stumble on Zhou Shi's back, let alone when the Taiping army is about to expedition to the north. what happened. The lessons from the four dynasties of Hongguang are in front of the forty-six-year-old scholar Lili. A lesson from the past, An dare to do it again.

Lianchengbi, the second assistant, didn't know that the Loyalty Camp was negotiating with Zhou Shi, but even if he knew, he couldn't stop it.

Under the auspices of Guo Zhiqi and Song Xianggong, the cabinet approved Zhou Shixiang's proposal to split the province of Huguang into Hunan and Hubei. Guo Zhiqi, who was also in charge of the personnel department, petitioned the King of Tang to appoint Yuan Zongdi as the governor of Hubei and Zhao Sihai as the governor of Hunan. (To be continued.)()